Garter trimming



.May 22, 1923.

R. A. MOORE -GARTER TRIMMING Filed 00p. 51 1921 Patented May 22 1223.

ROSVJ'ELL A. IEOORE, OF WATEREUBY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNQR TO VYATERBURY BUCKLE or we'rssnoar,

CONNEGTECUT, A CORPORATION.

GAR'IEE TRIIVIMING.

Application filed October 3, 1921. Serial No. 504,926.

To all whom it may concern: v 7

Be it known that I, RoswELL A. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garter Trimmings; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in

Fig. 1 a View in elevation of a garter embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 an enlarged view in transverse section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 a detached face view of the cast-oif plate.

Fig. 4: an edge view thereof in side elevation.

Fig. 5 an end view thereof.

My invention relates to an improvement in garter-trimmings of that class in which the cast-off plate is offset from one edge of the pad, instead of being imposed thereupon, as is the common practice, the object of mypresent invention being to produce a simple, convenient and attractive cast-off plate, constructed with particular reference to preventing the edgewise displacement therein of the fabric by means of which it is offset from one edge of the pad.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a garter-trimming having certain details of construction as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In carrying out my invention, as herein shown, I employ a one-piece, skeletonized, sheet-metal cast-off plate having its intermediate-bar 10 formed upon its opposite edges with downwardly turned prongs 11 standing at a right angle to the plane of the plate, which also comprises parallel side-bars 12 and 13 and parallel end-bars 1 1,the spaces between the said bars forming oblong threading-openings l5 and 16 corresponding to each other in length. As shown, the central portion of the intermediate-bar 10 is formed with an enlargement 17 for the reception and carriage of a headed stud 18 for coaction with the eye 19 of a onepiece. sheet- .metal cast-off loop 20 of any approved form, applied to a leg-band 21 of elastic webbing, adjusted in length, as may be required, by a slide 22 and having its inner end fastened to one edge of a garter-pad 23 having a stocking-gripping pendant 24 of any ap proved character.

As herein shown, my improved cast-off plate is attached to the'edge of the. pad 28 at a point opposite the attachment thereto of the leg-band 21, by means of a short length of webbing 25 folded upon itself and having its ends inserted into the pad 23 between the inner and outer faces thereof. The upper reach of this short length of webbing is passed over the bar 12 of the cast-off plate, then downward through the threading-opening 15 thereof, then under the intermediate-bar 10 thereof, then upward through the threading-opening 16 and over, downward and under the bar 13, after which its lower reach is carried directly inward, under the intermediate-bar 10 and under the bar 12 into the body of the pad 23, in which both of its ends are firmly stitched. After the short length of webbing has been threaded, as described, through the cast-off plate, but prior to carrying its under reach inward, so as to cover the prongs 11 of the intermediate-bar 10, the said prongs are preferably clinched, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, though this is not essential. In either event, the lower reach of the webbing will cover and protect the prongs which will not be long enough to penetrate the double thickness of the webbing. These prongs, when entered into the upper reach of the webbing, whether clinched therein or not, effectively prevent the webbing from sliding laterally on the bar 10 and puckering thereon, so as to discommode the wearer of the garter and present a bad appearance. Obviously, instead of employing a short length of webbing for connecting the cast-off plate with the pad as an offset thereto, the fabric from their Well-known character and constituting no part of the invention in hand.

I claim:

In a garter the combination with the pad,

stocking-gripping pendant and leg-band thereof of a garter trimming of the hookand-eye type comprising a cast-ofl' loop applied to the outer end of the said leg-band and having an eye, and a cast-off plate hav- 10 ing side bars, an intermediate bar separated from the said side bars by threading-openings, formed with downwardly-turned prongs and provided upon its upper face with an upstanding stud for engagement by theeye of the said cast-off loop; and a short length of fabric for attaching the said plate intermediate bar to the said pad at a point thereon opposite the attachment thereto of the inner end of the said leg-band, the said short length of fabric being applied to the said cast-ofl' plate so as to receive the said prongs of the said i and to cover prongs to prevent the Contact of their clinched ends with the body ofthe wearer of y the garter.

the said 

